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Spotlight on National Autism Awareness Month

April 3, 2017 | 9:00am

National Autism Awareness Month strives to promote autism awareness and assure that each person affected by autism is able to achieve their highest possible quality of life. If you’re interested in increasing acceptance and appreciation for families affected by autism, there are many different health care careers that you could consider, from pediatric nurse to child psychiatrist.

Autism presents in many different ways and has many different levels of severity. It’s a bio-neurological developmental disability, and generally it starts presenting before the age of three. While there is no cure, early intervention and treatment as well as the diverse symptoms, make treatment and quality of life different for each person affected.

Working with families who are affected by autism is a challenging and rewarding job. All members of the family are involved with the diagnosis, from parents to caregivers to siblings. If you’re a compassionate and patient person, you have two of the key qualities needed to help families affected by autism.